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Downing Street was ‘incandescent’ when France announced its UK travel ban on Sunday night and is convinced Emmanuel Macron is trying to use the crisis to force Britain to cave in during Brexit trade talks, it was claimed today. Number 10 yesterday publicly dismissed suggestions that there may be a Brexit element to Mr Macron’s … Read more
Is UK now set to reel in a deal? Fishing pact with the EU is close… now MPs could vote on Brexit trade deal in DAYS Britain and Brussels appeared to be inching closer to an agreement on fishing Ministers drawn up ‘tentative’ plans to call MPs and peers back from Christmas Fishing compromise similar … Read more
No Deal Brexit looms as the EU mounts a last-minute ‘ambush’ over fishing rights and negotiations are ‘expected to finish by Christmas one way or another’ Government sources said it was ‘widely accepted’ no agreement was imminent No 10 was infuriated by ultimatum from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier Would have allowed Brussels to impose … Read more
Ferries were confronted by a blockade of protesting fishing boats, care homes were shut down and a gang of bandits hijacked a vaccine shipment in a no-deal Brexit tabletop exercise. Post-Brexit wargame Operation Capstone also saw medicines heading for hospitals battling with mounting Covid-19 cases stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday warned there … Read more
Sir Edward Heath is the Conservative Prime Minister who sold out Britain’s fishermen in 1973 to take us into what became the European Union. Boris Johnson does not want to be remembered as the one who sold them out to take us out. That is one of the main reasons for what appears to be … Read more
Boris Johnson will hold fresh Brexit talks today after the latest bid to break the deadlock on fishing fell flat. The Prime Minister is expected to warn European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen that failure to accept Britain’s right to control its own fishing grounds will sink hopes of a trade deal. Mr Johnson … Read more
A North Korean fishing boat captain was executed in public for listening to a banned foreign radio station, it is claimed. The US government-funded Radio Free Asia claims the mariner was put to death after admitting he had listened to its broadcasts for more than 15 years. Aged in his 40s, the man had reportedly been … Read more
Gold coast! Mystery as hundreds of precious jewels wash up on beach in poor Venezuelan fishing village sparking frenzied treasure hunt The mystery treasure washed up on beaches of the village of Guaca, Venezuela Since September hundreds of pieces of jewellery and golden nuggets found Unconfirmed reports some locals sold their discoveries for as much … Read more
A foreign-owned super trawler, that controls almost a quarter of England’s fishing quota, will take biggest share after Brexit. The 390ft Dutch Frank Bonefaas controls 23 per cent of England’s fishing quota, and is the largest trawler registered in the British fishing fleet. Campaigners say more than half of England’s fishing quota will be controlled by … Read more
Four Royal Navy vessels will be dispatched to Britain’s territorial waters if a trade deal is not agreed with the EU. Armed with cannon and machine guns, they will patrol the English Channel and Irish Sea to stop illegal fishing. In a dramatic ratcheting-up of No Deal contingency planning, Wildcat and Merlin helicopters are also … Read more